PART 2INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS
Time limits for section 20 referrals and requesting reconsideration of decision to cease to maintain plans
Time limit for NHS body responding to section 20 referralI111
1
An NHS body under a duty to inform under section 21(1) or (2) of the 2018 Act (individual development plans: Local Health Boards and NHS trusts) must comply with that duty promptly and in any event within the period prescribed by paragraph (2).
2
The prescribed period—
a
begins with the day on which the NHS body receives the referral under section 20 of the 2018 Act, and
b
ends at the end of 6 weeks beginning with the day after the day mentioned in sub-paragraph (a).
3
The NHS body need not comply with the duty to inform under section 21(1) or (2) within the period prescribed by paragraph (2) if it is impractical to do so due to circumstances beyond its control.